Sunday, January 31, 2010

One of the most talented artists I know has a new book coming out in March. It's called The World of a Wayward Comic Book Artist: The Private Sketchbooks of S. Plunkettand you can read more about ithere.The collection comes very highly recommended, with a forward by the legendary Michael Wm Kaluta. Here are a few samples, plus a look at Sandy's gorgeous cover painting. I'm thrilled to finally get a large book (more than 230 pages!) full of gems like this.

Friday, January 29, 2010

This was published in the Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005. I'm fairly certain the layout was originally a rejected version of the cover for Outsiders 25 from that same year. Glad it got used somewhere.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

As I've recounted elsewhere, I happened to go to the State Fair and photograph this cow months before I needed the shot for reference on this splash page. She belonged to an old classmate and she really didn't like us getting so close to her calf. If looks could kill...

Sunday, January 24, 2010

I'm afraid I don't know what this was for. Maybe a poster? I should also apologize for the poor scan of the pencils. I think they were a little on the light side and the copier obviously wasn't working very well, adding vertical lines not present in Joe's pencils.

Monday, January 18, 2010

This was for Legends of the DC Universe #11, December, 1998. The large scan of the painting is from a color copy which seems to have intensified the colors compared to the printed version which looks almost black and white here.